Vehicle positioning in a parking area

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium readable by a processor and storing instructions for execution by the processor for performing a method comprising:
• obtaining vehicle information of a plurality of vehicles, the plurality of vehicles for positioning in a parking area and the vehicle information comprising vehicle dimension and driving direction;
• identifying occupied areas of the parking area and comparing the identified occupied areas to a total area size of the parking area to identify unutilized parking space in the parking area;
• based on recognizing a vehicle movement event, determining an optimized layout for the plurality of vehicles, the optimized layout comprising position for each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles, the position including vehicle orientation and location within the parking area, and the vehicle movement event comprising (i) actual or anticipated arrival of an arriving vehicle to be positioned in the parking area or (ii) actual or anticipated departure of a departing vehicle departing from the parking area;
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• positioning one or more vehicles of the plurality of vehicles to conform to the determined optimized layout, the positioning comprising automatically controlling movement of at least one autonomous vehicle of the one or more vehicles and repositioning a vehicle, of the one or more vehicles, that is a different vehicle than the arriving vehicle or departing vehicle.

A computer system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor in communications with the memory, wherein the computer system is configured to perform a method, the method comprising:
• obtaining vehicle information of a plurality of vehicles, the plurality of vehicles for positioning in a parking area and the vehicle information comprising vehicle dimension and driving direction;
• identifying occupied areas of the parking area and comparing the identified occupied areas to a total area size of the parking area to identify unutilized parking space in the parking area;
• based on recognizing a vehicle movement event, determining an optimized layout for the plurality of vehicles, the optimized layout comprising position for each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles, the position including vehicle orientation and location within the parking area, and the vehicle movement event comprising (i) actual or anticipated arrival of an arriving vehicle to be positioned in the parking area or (ii) actual or anticipated departure of a departing vehicle departing from the parking area;
• and
• positioning one or more vehicles of the plurality of vehicles to conform to the determined optimized layout, the positioning comprising automatically controlling movement of at least one autonomous vehicle of the one or more vehicles and repositioning a vehicle, of the one or more vehicles, that is a different vehicle than the arriving vehicle or departing vehicle.